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Nieuwpoort Ijzermonding (De Schorre), Belgium 23 march 2016
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - British Isles
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Knokke-Heist
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Westkust
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - De Panne
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Wimereux
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Arctic Ocean
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Baltic sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Romanian Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - North Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Estonian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Elbe
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Wadden Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Italy - Adriatic Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Belt Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - German Bight
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Brandy Cove
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Saint John Harbour
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Anse de Belliveau
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Cobscook Bay
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - L'Etang
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Navy Island
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Mistake Cove
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Browns Flat
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Oak Point
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Saint Andrews
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Spuikom
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Oostduinkerke
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - De Haan
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Goote Bank
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Polish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Manicouagan
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - St. Lawrence Estuary
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Saguenay Fjord
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - United States (Alaska) part of the Gulf of Alaska
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Belgian part of the North Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Danish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Ireland
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Latvian part of the Gulf of Riga
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Polish part of the Baltic Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - North Pacific
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Dutch part of the North Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - French part of Western Mediterranean Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - German part of the North Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - German part of the Baltic Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - United Kingdom
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Icelandic part of the North Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - French part of Celtic Seas
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Lithuanian part of the Baltic Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Russian part of the White Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - United States part of the North Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Elkhorn Slough
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Swedish part of the Baltic Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Swedish part of the Kattegat
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Swedish part of the Skagerrak
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Marmara Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - San Francisco Bay
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Greek part of the Aegean Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - United States part of the The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Canadian part of the Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Ukrainian part of the Black Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Greece - Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Turkish part of the Black Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Turkish part of the Aegean Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Bosporus
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Bulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Romanian part of the Black Sea
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Moroccan part of the North Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - French part of Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast
Distribution for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 - Spain - Demarcación Marina Noratlántica
Distribution for Mya corpulenta Conrad, 1845 - Virginia
Distribution for Sphenia ovoidea P. P. Carpenter, 1865 - Puget Sound
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